Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-21

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and bsausssul susgsseioas sos ssf0eaA q
piaie, 20 isvitlsg 10 she thouehtSul pesUon
thas u doeo n0e tako pFUesssl00al pfooGhel
70 nnd them. I love 10 W thus 10 thinl
nasurs's thoughts aftef her. Add do u .
every opportunity. II 10 the whoissoms1
kind oe study, sn I ol1sn worth more thas
sgain - much time spent In mere book
study.
30 the other day, sitting under spreading
old sppie.tse6 10 my yard, halt doing per
hapa looked up Into the canopy Of spring
log leaf snd budding bioasoms oveshsod
end yielded 10 the play Of isncy invited b.
The dr0wsy air, the buss of droaipg besa, end
subtle fragrance thas besasbsd forth from
flower, Leaf, and bark, from the coll bsusath,
and every blsds ot 8reeuins ersss around.
yielded, becsuss of bed proved how tsus
ere Paul Haynes words, tbss
"Truths bait drawn from natures breast,
Through subtlest types Of form ana tone,
Outweigh what mau at most hath guessed
~ heedtng his o. n heart alone"
And I know that through ths fancy such
truths oitenest come % man.
How like, 1 thought, h this miniature
dome Of green above me 70 The vaslsr dome
beyoudi studded with . myriad starry
blossoms end swelling buds, Q veritabls
Milky.Wsy, % delicate and beautiful - - the
one fer on, whore
."Lessonin9 orbs on lesssuing orbs encroach;
rioven a. me :sy. witch t0o 70 20 aSe must yseld'
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Perhaps Erssmus Darwin was correct and
ali the worlds and suns, the stars and planete
Of the frmeu0ut really aSo but flowers Of
the sky" Then our earth is only q bud on
the great tree Of dicine tire!
IL the thought humiliatipg, To me IL u
srandly encouraging and uplieDg, full Of
comfort and Of hops.
What though our earth .bud u but one Of
many millions, not - large nor - beautiful
or perfect - hundreds Of Thousands OF others
that bloom in the skyf I notice that the
smallest snd iesblest Of the apple.buds on my
tres h just - much On organic part thereof
- u the most perfectly developed, most deli.
cately tinted, and most sweetly odorous one
that blossoms In ull.blown beauty on IL
loftisst bough. Yes, and the tree gives unto
II ~ freely o 70 any, of its own vital juices |;
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rich IAs.lifs; lives for Il and in IL In the
trusst sensa The tiniost bud - long - Il
cltBgs 70 tts bOugh IN veritably part OF that
bough, and psrtaker Of its liie Let other
worlds then outshtne and outnumoer us ..
life OF tho divine Branch ours, infor ming ua,
vivifytng, nour urishtug, filling ua None the
loss does He care for us, o. organic monbers
Of Hts body, vitality connected with Him, and
ourseives lying oniy q hs n,e 10 n; .lsns.asso %
us both 70 will and 70 do Of His good pleasure
For It 10 not W0 th1t live, but Christ that
liveth Ia uA separate yourself from Him,
and like bud torn from ia stem, you live
you are dead Therefore II IL that He himself
hath said "Abdo In me, and l Ia you.
he that abideth In me, aud l in him, the
same bringeth forth much fruit; for without
me 70 can do nothiDg." And "herein In Uy
Father giorified, that ye bear much fruit"
This, tou. the apple-buis teach ms. They
freely offer their honey 70 the wandering
bee flushed with glsdnsss. le,. d their beauty
70 a0orn the landscape and spend ungrudg.
ingiy their fragrance 70 sweetau the air but
this n not the end OF their bstuH TOTS they
do. but much more and other also. Rather,
they do this In order 10 tho iultiilment Of
their true aud hosl end, which 10 70 bear
much fruit
Docs our earth-bud then hang upon the
great tree OF life merely to twinkle and shine
with it, aistsr planets In the sky, and crown
the sabls night with disdem OF beauty and
and light? Does II have no other destiny
than to afford . wAyside shelter to Q crowd Of
human pilgrims? No; iruitbssring u IL
end to Hsnsmute It's bud.iiie into ripe
and perfect fruit To this end are ell it, On.
erRioe and activities dirocteti. Century after
I.~I.A A.1A
proved conditions OF existence, from the
most primitive and barbsrio to the most en-
lightened and refined modes OF living. add
ing indeed the while ever 70 the sum OF
sweetness and light, OF goodness and godlike-
ness, In the universal lie, but this only In
order that gradually 10, through the stages OF
budding and blOssOming. 1t may graduate
into the final state Of . finished fruit of
divine grace, Q new heaven aud Q new earth,
teemins with "lovs. Joy, Pe.ce, long. suffer.
Temperance" resplendent with the beauty OF
holiness forever.
II there 10 any fact 70 which our inner con.
sciousness bears witness II 10 this, that I" here
We have NO continuing city, but we seek one
to come" one not msde with hands, . city
with foundations Not more conclusive OF
its nnsl destiny ID the evidence found on.
folded close in the heart OF each little apple.
bud, than is that felt IN the heart Of man.
"Those obstinate luestiontngs,
OF sense and OutM ard thiogs,
Balltngs frrm us. vHntshiogs,
Black misgivings OF acreature
Moving about In world not realized,
High instincts before which Our moral nature
Did trsmbls like guilty thing surprised"
convincing us Of the grandeur OF the ulti.
mate end Of our lie, when this corruptible
shall have put ON tncorrupnOn, and this
mortal shall have put on Immortality when
the little earthly bud shall have beon changed
into the heavenly fruit More plainly iar
tnan 10 70 b seen In the apple bud the minia.
ture gern OF the future sPple.tree that shall
spring thereirOm, can be perceived deep In
the core OF mans soul, the folded wings, the
whole undeveloped embryN, OF the angel
nature into which ~ its 6nal fruit the human
bud IL to ripen. Though ait doth not ysl
appear what wo shall be; .. We know that
when He shall appear, We shall 10 like Him. u
Another thing We know that ere we car
"be clothed upon with our habitation which
10 from heaven" we must 10 unclothed from
our earthly tabernacle.
The fervent neat Of the sun without, and
the swelling, expanding life within, mus
hrst wither the delicate blossom, and caus
It's painted petals one by one to fall OH ant
die, ere II can enter upon its now aud highe
fruit lie. We mourn not st the besutifu
blooms destruction for joy ct the NOR